coller French · revision 16596

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1320|origins=grc κόλλα}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /kɔ.le/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''coller'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|fr|colle|-er]], from the noun [[colle]] “glue”.^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Wiktionary) “Colle” is from [[la-vul|*colla]], borrowed from [[grc|κόλλα|tr=kólla|t=glue]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(REW 1935)

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+ Compare [[it|collare]] and [[pt|colar]] “to glue”.^(REW 1935)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A Paris document of 1320 has it for making something stick with glue.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In 1376 it meant to fine wine with isinglass, and in the 16th century Ronsard has ''collez sur un livre'', “glued to a book”, Noël du Fail (1585) uses it for putting or placing something.^(TLFi) From the 19th century slang and familiar uses multiplied: to put in detention, first in the slang of the École polytechnique (about 1855; 1878), whence ''colle'' “detention; poser”; to floor someone with a question (Balzac, 1839); to stick close to someone (''coller aux basques''); ''se coller'' “to live together” (1878); and ''coller'' “to fling, give” (''coller une gifle'', Zola, 1885).^(TLFi)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(BHVF)^(Wiktionary) Intransitively it means to fit, tally: ''ça colle''.^(Wiktionary)^(Petit Robert 2007) Computing uses it for pasting text.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1320 – To glue.^(TLFi)

+ * 1375 – Date given by Bloch and Wartburg.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 1376 – To fine (wine).^(TLFi)

+ * 1839 – To floor (with a question), Balzac.^(TLFi)

+ * 1878 – To put in detention, ''se coller'' “to live together”.^(TLFi)

+ * 1885 – “To fling”, Zola.^(BHVF)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|stick]], [[m|en|glue]]: ''coller une affiche'', ''coller un timbre''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To press, put close: ''coller son oreille à la porte'', ''coller qqn'', to stick to someone.^(Wiktionary)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''(intransitive)'' To stick; to fit closely; to tally, fit: ''ça ne colle pas''.^(Wiktionary)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''(computing)'' To [[m|en|paste]].^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''(familiar)'' To give, land: ''coller une gifle''; to put, shove.^(BHVF)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(familiar)'' To put in detention; to floor (with a question).^(TLFi)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''(familiar)'' ''Se coller'': to live together.^(TLFi)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[collage]]

+ * [[collant]]

+ * [[colleur]]

+ * [[décoller]]

+ * [[recoller]]

+ * [[encoller]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[colle]]

+ * [[grc|κόλλα|tr=kólla]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}